That's why it's rather jarring to see Armstrong in the new
mockumentary from HBO scheduled for July 8. "Tour de Pharmacy"
is a "fictional, none-too-serious look" at doping and the
Tour
de France. (In case you missed it, Armstrong won seven Tours
but had all those
titles stripped.)

The trailer, below, came out Friday, and Armstrong has a cameo in
it.

The movie might turn out to be funny, and maybe worth watching,
but if you're a bike-racing fan, it looks kind of
cringe-inducing, even as a mockumentary.

Absurd and sad, much like pro cycling in the 1980s, '90s, and
2000s.

Here's the press release:

In 1982, during a dark and fictitious time in cycling history,
the sport’s most venerable, time-honored race was marred by the
doping of virtually all of its competitors. Riddled with
nefarious characters, that year’s competition was a hornet’s nest
of moral depravity. Through the perspective of five riders, TOUR
DE PHARMACY gives an inside look into the grim realities of the
darkest event in a sport notoriously tainted by controversy.

Starring and executive produced by Andy Samberg (“Brooklyn
Nine-Nine”; HBO’s “7 Days In Hell”), and written and executive
produced by Murray Miller (“King of the Hill”; HBO’s “Girls”),
this fictional, none-too-serious look at that sordid event debuts
SATURDAY, JULY 8 (10:00–10:50 p.m. ET/PT), exclusively on HBO.

The special will also be available on HBO NOW, HBO GO, HBO On
Demand and affiliate portals.

TOUR DE PHARMACY marks Samberg and Miller’s second collaboration
for HBO under their Legends of Sport banner, following the 2015
mockumentary “7 Days In Hell,” which was called a “bawdy,
outlandish skewering of tennis” by the New York Times,
and “strange and splendid” by the Los Angeles Times.

The special is helmed by returning director Jake Szymanski;
written by Murray Miller; executive producers, Andy Samberg,
Murray Miller, David Bernad; produced by M. Elizabeth Hughes;
co-executive producer, Jake Szymanski.